Kip McKean Why Do You Resist the Spirit? 1987 World Mission Seminar Because the ICC believes in following the "Bible only", it denies the validity of humaninterpretations of the Bible. This does not prevent it from interpreting the Scriptures, ofcourse. The ICC does not recognize that their interpretations of Scripture areinterpretations, however, and insists that they are simply statements of what the Scripturesteach and which no honest person could disagree with.Due to its insistence on "perfect unity", its rejection of interpretation and ambiguity, and itsinsistence that all must understand the Holy Scriptures in the same way it does, the ICCbelieves and teaches that only ICC members are saved. Most ICC members will, if pressedby an outsider, avoid stating this or soften it by insisting that there may be some peoplewho came to the correct conclusions about the Bible outside of the ICC. In practice,though, the ICC believes they are the one and only true Church at present, and that it ishighly unlikely, if even possible, for anyone to be saved elsewhere.I had the opportunity to attend the New Jersey Church of Chirst during the summer. Thechurchs twisting scripture docturine didnt sit well with my spirit so I left the church. Ireturned back to my original church, First Bastist Church. First Baptist is a continuation ofthe Wayne Avenue Baptist church in New Brunswick. The first service of the WayneAvenue church was held September 9, 1949 at the home of Wanza Johnson. This serviceconsisted of eleven adults who worshipped there for several months before moving to thehome of B. W. Belew on May 15, 1950. Plans were soon made to build a permanentmeeting place. A lot was purchased on the corner of West State Street (later to be namedMartin Luther King Boulvade). On November 5, 1950 the congregation moved to its newhouse of worship. W. S. Long served as the first minister and was sponsored by the UnionAvenue ...
